http://mothering21.com/2009/08/27/the-empty-nest/ A beat blog for "parenting" the over-21 set Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://mothering21.com/2009/08/27/the-empty-nest/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Dori Gerspach Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:06:36 +0000 http://mothering21.com/?p=4#comment-39 I really enjoyed and related to this article. Just like the author, I have two older sons and my third, a daughter is off at college. We had one son home for several years and a second son home for one year upon graduation. We never had less than two children living at home. Now that my two sons have moved into apartments in Manhatten we are truly Empty Nesters. I have yet to shed a tear. I have quickly filled in the void with working more at my free lance business. My sons are frequently home on weekends to do laundry, have a nice dinner and play golf. My husband enjoys going to football games with them whenever he can. My daughter, although away at college, communicates with us regularly through texts, email and phone calls. My parents and mother- in law, all in their late 80's. also are very much in our lives with tending to frequent medical issues and our just wanting to spend time with them. I guess the point I am making is that the empty nest is different for everyone. I thought I would miss all the sports games, piano recitals, etc. but life has a way of constantly evolving and it never really feels empty to me! I really enjoyed and related to this article. Just like the author, I have two older sons and my third, a daughter is off at college. We had one son home for several years and a second son home for one year upon graduation. We never had less than two children living at home. Now that my two sons have moved into apartments in Manhatten we are truly Empty Nesters. I have yet to shed a tear. I have quickly filled in the void with working more at my free lance business. My sons are frequently home on weekends to do laundry, have a nice dinner and play golf. My husband enjoys going to football games with them whenever he can. My daughter, although away at college, communicates with us regularly through texts, email and phone calls. My parents and mother- in law, all in their late 80′s. also are very much in our lives with tending to frequent medical issues and our just wanting to spend time with them. I guess the point I am making is that the empty nest is different for everyone. I thought I would miss all the sports games, piano recitals, etc. but life has a way of constantly evolving and it never really feels empty to me!

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